Martín Nicolás Arenas Jara (born 23 January 1997) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a winger.

Martín Arenas
Personal information
Full name Martín Nicolás Arenas Jara
Date of birth (1997-01-23) 23 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Valparaíso, Chile
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Águilas Verdes
Unión Salles
Santiago Wanderers
2015–2017 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014 Santiago Wanderers
2016–2017 Villarreal C 21 (5)
2017–2018 Universidad de Chile
2018Magallanes (loan) 23 (1)
2019–2021 Magallanes 39 (1)
2022–2023 Deportes Melipilla 4 (0)
2022Lautaro de Buin (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2011 Chile U15
2015 Chile U20
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 February 2024

Club career

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As a youth player, Arenas was with Águilas Verdes, Unión Salles and Santiago Wanderers in his city of birth, Valparaíso.[2] A member of the Santiago Wanderers first team in 2014,[3] he moved to Spain and signed with Villarreal in January 2015, playing first for the Juvenil A team, with whom he won the Group VII of the División de Honor, and also training with the first team.[4] He after made twenty one appearances and scored five goals for Villarreal C in the 2016–17 Tercera División.[5]

In the second half of 2017, he returned to Chile and joined Universidad de Chile on a deal for eighteen months.[5] The next year, he joined Magallanes and played for them until the 2021 season.[6][7]

In 2022, he signed with Deportes Melipilla[8][7] and was loaned out to Lautaro de Buin in the second half of the year.[9][10]

International career

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Arenas represented Chile at under-15 level in the 2011 South American Championship.[11]

At under-20 level, he represented Chile in the 2015 L'Alcúdia Tournament under Nicolás Córdova, where they became champions.[12][13] He was called up to the squad for the 2017 South American Championship under Héctor Robles, but he suffered a muscle strain.[14]

Honours

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Villarreal Juvenil A

Chile U20

Personal life

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At the beginning of his career, he was nicknamed Niño Maravilla (Wonder Boy) like Alexis Sánchez.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Martín Arenas". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Roca Castelló, Juan Francisco (23 February 2016). "Martín Arenas, el «Niño Maravilla»". Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Primera División Apertura 2014". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  4. ^ Salas, Cristian (25 December 2015). "Martín Arenas, el chileno que brilla en la Sub 20 del Villarreal". Diario AS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b Mayo, Alejandro (20 June 2017). "La joya porteña que repatria la U". La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Jugador que pasó por Europa y la U llega a reforzar a Magallanes". En Cancha (in Spanish). 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Deportes Melipilla anunció el fichaje de Martín Arenas". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 20 January 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  8. ^ "🎥🎙️ Martín Arenas: "Vengo con muchas ganas de demostrar todo lo que tengo"". www.facebook.com (in Spanish). Deportes Melipilla. 20 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  9. ^ Ilic, Gabriel (18 July 2022). "Jugó en Europa: La olvidada expromesa de la U que llega a Lautaro de Buin". En Cancha (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  10. ^ @deportesmelipilla (8 January 2023). "✅ Martín Arenas mantiene contrato vigente con nuestro club, y seguirá en "Los Potros de Melipilla" para la temporada 2023🔥🐎" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 February 2024 – via Instagram.
  11. ^ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-15". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  12. ^ "SELECCIÓN CHILENA SUB 20 VIAJÓ A ESPAÑA PARA DISPUTAR EL TORNEO DE ALCUDIA". ANFP (in Spanish). 6 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  13. ^ Contreras, J. (19 August 2015). "Chile es campeón del torneo de L'Alcudia". La Tercera (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Martín Arenas se realizó exámenes médicos y está a un paso de cerrar su llegada a la U". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 20 June 2017. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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